One of the highlights from Day 4 of the Winter Olympics saw the women's freestyle skiing slopestyle competition come to a head in Sochi, Russia.

Canada's Dara Howell took gold in the first-ever female final, a historic occasion for every participant involved.

Howell ruled with an untouchable first-run score of 94.20, nearly 10 points head of the competition.

The Ontario-born star added Canada's fourth gold of the Games in difficult conditions. The Russian snow appeared to be a little bumpy and not as smooth as it could be, limiting speed as the session warmed up.

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American Devin Logan followed Howell's lead to take silver, while Canada racked up another medal with Kim Lamarre's bronze, which she captured on her second run.

Here's a look at the full results:

Olympic Freestyle Skiing: Women's Slopestyle Final Leaderboard

Position

Name

Country

Best Score

Gold

Dara Howell

Canada

94.20

Silver

Devin Logan

USA

85.40

Bronze

Kim Lamarre

Canada

85.00

4

Anna Segal

Australia

77.00

5

Emma Dahlstrom

Sweden

75.40

6

Yuki Tsubota

Canada

71.60

7

Katie Summerhayes

Great Britain

70.60

8

Silvia Bertagna

Italy

69.60

9

Eveline Bhend

Switzerland

63.20

10

Keri Herman

USA

50.00

11

Julia Krass

USA

42.40

12

Camillia Berra

Switzerland

30.40

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It wasn't all good news for the Canadian team, who had to watch on as YukiTsubota suffered a heavy fall during her second run, reported by Bruce Arthur of the National Post:

Canadian Yuki Tsubota just crashed, hard. That looked bad. Still down.

Great Britain's Kelly Summerhayes tried to challenge the top three with two ambitious runs, but after failing to land her final trick during the opener, she was punished for scraping her hands in the second.

Summerhayes' ambition was met by Australian Anna Segal, who was pushed out of the medal positions by Lamarre, the penultimate rider.

Howell was the last person to complete her second run and enjoyed a lap of honour to see in her triumph.

At the age of 19, Howell's gold medal could be the first of many. She will only be 23 when the South Korean Winter Olympics arrive in 2018, suggesting Canada could have a future legend in the making.

The same can be said for Summerhayes, who showed real guts to look for huge tricks from the off. She is just 18 years old and already looks to be developing into an aggressive, risk-taking contender ahead of her next appearance.

It is thrilling to see young competitors leading the way at the onset of a new era for women's slopestyle skiing.